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In a rare event, Ramadan and Passover will overlap with Easter this weekend. Our question this week: Is religion bringing us together or pushing us apart? cbc.ca/radio/checkup/…

Do you have a question about food prices or grocery chain profits? Our AMA guest this week is David Macdonald from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. 📞: 1-888-416-8333 📧: [email protected] 📱: (226) 758-8924

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Gretta Vosper is a self-professed atheist, and an ordained minister of the United Church of Canada. Vosper joins us from Whitby, Ontario.

Former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Bernie Farber, joins us from Toronto. Farber also chairs the Canadian Anti-Hate Network: a non-profit organization that researches hate groups and hate crimes.

We’ve reached Jeff Ward on the Membertou First Nation near Sydney, N.S. Ward is Mi’kmaq and a practicing Catholic.

Talks are ongoing between the federal government and PSAC, with higher wages a central issue. A strike could impact passport applications and tax returns. Our question this week: Should public service workers have the right to strike for higher wages? cbc.ca/radio/checkup/…

Our Ask Me Anything segment this week focuses on asking your boss for a raise. Our guest is career coach Sarah Vermunt. What would you like to know? 📞: 1-888-416-8333 📧: [email protected] 📱: (226) 758-8924

We are live. Our question this week: Should public service workers have the right to strike for higher wages? Call us at 1-888-416-8333, or e-mail us at [email protected]

Janyce McGregor is a senior reporter with the CBC’s Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa. She is joining us today from Ottawa.

McGregor says if strikes occur we could see a lot of service disruptions such as delays in renewing expired passports.

Chris Aylward is the national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada. He says negotiations have been continuing throughout the weekend.

It’s time for our Ask Me Anything which will focus on how to ask your boss for a raise. Joining us to answer your questions is career coach Sara Vermut. Call us at 1-888-416-8333 or you can text us. Info here: cbc.ca/radio/checkup/…

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